In 1884, one morning in the middle summer month, one my sons was born. Twenty days after his birth he was able to call his mother and repeat the letters of the alphabet. He was given the name Lhachen Tobkyi Gyalpo, Magnificent Ruler Mighty King.

Training

In 1893, when he was 9 years old, Tulku Lhatop was brought by his father Dudjom Lingpa to Taktsé Samdrup Monastery and recognized as a reincarnation of Shyichen Tulku Rinpoche[4]. Dudjom Lingpa recounts this event in his outer autobiography[5]:

On the thirteenth day of the first autumn month, my young son [Tulku] Lhatop went to a large monastic community named Taktsé Samdrup Monastery, which upholds the tradition of pal Gyalwa Katok Monastery. He was recognized as a reincarnation of the incomparable Zhichen Tulku Rinpoche and enthroned on a tall golden throne. When that concluded, I returned home and bestowed, to their completion, many empowerments and scriptural transmissions upon those students of mine who were foretold of in the scriptures of Pema [Guru Rinpoche].

Tulku Lhatop was also recognised as an incarnation of Namkhé Nyingpo Trulwé Rolgar.